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SAMUEL. v BRAGE TIE PLATE.

No. 503,806. Patented Au .22, 1a9s.

FICZJ.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD SAMUEL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE WILLIAMWHARTON, J R, & COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF SAME PLACE.

BRACE TIE-PLATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 503,806, dated August22, 1893.

Application filed .Tanuary 5,1893. Serial No. 457, 7- (N model-l To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD SAMUEL, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Y Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Brace Tie-Plates, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to construct a simple and eifective tieplate and brace which can be readily applied to a rail after it is inposition. This object I attain in the fol lowing manner, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, is a transversesectional view on the line 12, Fig. 2. Fig. 2, is a plan view with therail in section; and Fig. 3, is a side view looking in the direction ofthe arrow, Fig. 1. V

A is the rail having a base flange, and the head of this rail can be ofany shape desired.

B and D are two tie plates situated side by side. These tie plates arepreferably made of plate metal, struck up to the shape shown, the plate13 having a side extension which, when bent up as shown in Fig. 1, formsa brace B for the rail A. This brace extends to or nearly to the head ofthe rail, and has a portion 13 which rests against the web of the rail.This brace takes the side thrust of the wheels of the car against therails. The plate D is passed under the rail as shown in Fig. 2, and hasa lip 61 struck up from the plate. This lip passes over the base flangeof the rail on the side opposite that on which the brace rests. A spikec is passed through a hole d in the plate D, and its head extends overthe base flange a, and this hole is so punched that when the spike isdriven it will draw the lip cl hard against the base flange a. A spike eis driven through an opening in the inner edge of the plate to securethat portion of the plate to the ties. The plate B is passed under therail from the opposite side. A spike 1) passes through a hole in theplate B, such hole being so placed as to allow the brace on plate Bbeing brought firmly against the web of the rail. The other hole in theplate through which spike 1') passes is on the other side of the railand far enough out to permit it being driven easily without the longflange or tram of the head of the rail interfering. 5c

The plate B before being spiked is driven laterally until its brace isfirm against the web, the rail itself being prevented from movinginwardly by the lip d on plate D which has already been spiked to thetie, and the rail thus firmly held. After the brace is well up againstthe web, spike b is driven in such an angle as to continue to draw thebrace against the web of the rail, and when so drawn the spike b isdriven which holds the rail firmly to its base. It will thus be seenthat the tie plates can be slipped under the rails after they arearranged in line, the plate B being slipped under the rail from theoutside, while the plate D is slipped under the rail from the inside,and the securing spikes when driven, after the rail has been properlyaligned, tend to clamp the tie' plates to the rail. These tie plates canbe readily removed when necessary to repair the track, by simplydrawing, the spikes.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of a rail, atie plate havinga brace adapted to bear against one side or under the head of the rail,a tie plate having a lip adapted to pass over the base flange on theopposite side of the rail,and meansfor securing the plates to the tie,substantially as described.

2. The combination of the rail and base flange, with a flat plate Bhaving a brace B adapted to bear against the outside of the rail, saidplate being adapted to pass under the rail when aligned, with a plate Dat the side of the plate B and having a lip adapted to pass over thebase flange of the rail on theinside, the body of the plate being flatso as to pass under the rail, with securing devices for both plates,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 0 name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

I EDWARD SAMUEL.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM D. OONNER, JOSEPH H. KLEIN.

